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Cocos Creator is a cross-platform game
engine used by many developers all over the world. It helps you create 2D and 3D
games and applications with great efficiency.
Steps to build a game for Android in Cocos Creator
To use Cocos Creator to build your game for Android platform, follow these
steps:
Launch the Cocos Dashboard. Go to the Editor tab and click
Download to add a version of the Cocos Creator. We highly recommend that
you use the latest version if possible.
Go to the Project tab and click New to create a new Cocos Creator
project.
Choose an editor version, input your project name, select a location to
store, and then click Create.
Compile and Generate the Android application in Android Studio.
Notable features
Google Play Instant
With Google Play Instant, people can
use an app or game without installing it first. Increase engagement with your
Android app or gain more installs by surfacing your instant app across the Play
Store and Google Play Games app. To see how it works in Cocos Creator,
refer to Publish your game as Google Play Instant app in Cocos
Creator.
Android App Bundle (AAB)
An Android App Bundle (or AAB) is a publishing format that includes all your
app's compiled code and resources, and defers APK generation and signing to
Google Play. For more details, refer to Publish your game with Android
App Bundle in Cocos Creator.
Swappy
The Android Frame Pacing library, also known as Swappy, is part of the Android
Game SDK. It
helps OpenGL
and Vulkan games
achieve smooth rendering and correct frame pacing on Android.
Developers can easily activate Swappy in Cocos Creator by selecting the "Enable
Swappy" checkbox on the build panel.
Vulkan, a
low-overhead, cross-platform API for high-performance 3D graphics, is supported
in Cocos Creator as one of the graphics API backends. Developers can select
Vulkan as the graphics API for Android from the build panel in
Cocos Creator.
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Last updated 2023-08-15 UTC.
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